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膀

bǎng

HSK 5 Character

What 膀 means

1. upper arm
2. wing

Other readings

膀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bàngused in {吊膀子|diào bàng zi}
• pāngpuffed (swollen)
• pángused in {膀胱|páng guāng}
• bǎngvariant of {膀|bǎng}

Example sentences

• 鸟有翅膀。
  A bird has wings.
• 我肩膀痛。
  My shoulder hurts.
• 他伤了肩膀。
  He was wounded in the shoulder.
• 汤姆光着膀子。
  Tāngmǔ guāngzhe bǎngzi.
  Tom was stripped to the waist.
• 我肩膀受了伤。
  I got hurt in the shoulder.
• 我的肩膀很痠。
  My shoulder really aches.

Words starting with 膀

• 膀子bǎng ziupper arm; arm; wing
• 膀胱páng guāngurinary bladder
• 膀爷bǎng yétopless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)
• 膀臂bǎng bìupper arm; arm; reliable helper
• 膀大腰圆bǎng dà yāo yuántall and strong; burly; beefy
• 膀胱炎páng guāng yáncystitis
• 膀胱气化páng guāng qì huà(TCM) the extraction of impure fluid by the kidneys and the passing of it from the body…

Words containing 膀

• 肩膀jiān bǎngshoulder
• 翅膀chì bǎngwing
• 臂膀bì bǎngarm
• 光膀子guāng bǎng zibare upper body; bare-chested; to bare one's chest
• 吊膀子diào bàng zi(dialect) to flirt (derog.)
• 有肩膀yǒu jiān bǎngresponsible; reliable
• 左膀右臂zuǒ bǎng yòu bì(idiom) trusted assistant; key aide
• 溜肩膀liū jiān bǎngsloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy
• 甩开膀子shuǎi kāi bǎng zito throw off inhibitions; to go all out
• 翅膀硬chì bǎng yìng(of a bird) to fledge; (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's…
• 赤膀鸭chì bǎng yā(bird species of China) gadwall (Mareca strepera)
• 蹄膀tí pangupper part of a pig's leg

Characters built on 旁

These share the phonetic component 旁 (páng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
• 谤bàngto slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 磅bàngscale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 傍bàngnear; approaching; to depend on
• 螃pángused in 螃蟹
• 滂pāngrushing (water)
• 蒡bàngused in 牛蒡

Characters that look like 膀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 膛táng(bound form) hollow space
• 漪yīripple
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

Sounds the same

Read bǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绑to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
• 榜notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees